Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-01
ON TO GREAT FALLS.
Rapid Railroad RuiidingTtae Man
itoba Advances.

Rapid Railroad Building lie WAN
itoba Advances.
According to the telegram which the
TRIBUNE printed on Saturday, the Man
itoba graded track is now way beyond
Fort Buford," and accordingly is advanc-
ing along the Missouri to Great Fails.
The advance of the great army OF rail
road builders is described in letter from
White Earth river, Mountraille county,
Dakota, May IS, printed in the st. Paul
Pioaee. P3ess, which says: 'Just beyond
this point. and eighty miles west of Minot,
the traveller finds himself at what railroad
men call the 'front.' or the end OF the
track of the extension which the Manito-
ba Railway company is now making TO
Great Falls, Montana. To speak more
accurately, this was the end of the tract
Yesterday, but to night that point will be
five miles further westward, and By to-
morrow vet five miles further. From
Ninot here the work has been in progress
since the first week in April. From now
on it is proposed to complete five miles OF
track each day, thus achieving the greatest
feat ever attempted in the way of rapid
railway construction. From here to Fort
Buford the distance Is a little over sixty
miles, and it is the intention to have the
road open to that point by jane |. Thence
to Great Falls the distance is 4o3 miles,
and trains will in all probability be run
ming to that point before the middle OF
September"
THREE THOUSAND TEAMS.
1t can readily he suftnised that the ac-
complishment of this gigantic enterprise
requires little less than an army of work
ers. and that is what one finds here. The
number of teams 5000. With this force,
it is hardly to be wondered that the dirt
is flying s.at lively rate. From here to
seventy miles beyond Fort Buford there is
one unbroken series of graders camps.
Fifty of these camps can be seen from
one point some distance beyond White
Earth. By June between 100000 and
100000 cubic yards of earth will have
been taken out, and by the time Great
Falls is reached the amount will aggre
gate not far from 10,00O,000.
Regarding the ''commissarlat, the
writer says:
"He.e, at White Earth is, for the pre-
sent. the headquarters OF the suapi5 train,
consisting to-day of twenty cars flied
with every conceivable thing hce,ssary
for man and beast. There Is grain, Hour.
canned goods of all sorts, butter. hanls,
sugar, wagons, harness, ploWs, boots and
shoes. pipes and tobacco, in, fact, nothing
is lacking. Every day sees hole made
in the stock, and every day sees the hole
replenished by incoming trains. Day be
fore Yesterday $4,000 bushels of oats were
sent out by wagon and yesterday 5,0O0
bushels, all for distribution along the line
for distance of forty mi es. From here
on the trail along the line is marked 10y
one continuous stream of freighters' teams
distributing supplies to the various camps
The other day herd OF no head OF cat
tie was driven in and it seemed that there
Mt least was enough meat for some time tt
come. A rapid calculation, however
showed that it would furnish only about
ten pounds to the man. Already 250,0oe
hounds of -four and 100000 bushels OF
oats have been purchas d. Lovers OF
baked beans will learn with alarm that the
supply of that luxury is about exhausted
A letter just received from one of the
largest wholesale firms of st. Paul states
that if the demand is to continne through
out the summer as large as it now is, i
will be necessary to import from Europe
They say they have now secured all the
beans that can be found in the Unitee
States, and that they have only enough t'
last this army here for two months.
Another interesting feature OF thl
train is the hospital cars, where the labor
ers suffering from disease or accident ar
cared for by regular physician, assisted
by several nurses, the expenses being me
by contribution of two cents a day from
each laborer employed.